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Lyra Delos 'belly cover'
Dear Quincy,A quick health warning to save you further grief : please ensure the tweezers are non-magnetic. The magnet inside your cartridge is very powerful as is the tonearm's frictionless reaction. Once they get within an inch or so of the cart... 
Lyra Delos 'belly cover'
Dear Quincy....apologies in advance for such an obvious question but have you checked that the washi paper is frayed and not embellished with "white" lint?When this happens (occasionally) with my Delos I usually just tear off a strip of kitchen ro... 
Why are records still warped?
...Not to mention dynamic changes in VTF as it rides the warp (depending on the arm) ;^)Funny thing is, although we can easily detect small, consistent changes of VTA, our ears seem to ignore them more when dealing with warped discs...(Or perhaps ... 
Why are records still warped?
WPC,Very helpful information. Scary to think that the LPs are warping in their sleeves for reasons other than gravity/heat(!)Given your level of insight, perhaps you are the man to ask about MRA? Any idea why there appear to be such severe differe... 
Cassette deck cleaning
Isopropyl alcohol from your pharmacist or on-line retailer (or from tax avoiders like Amazon if you are desperate) for the tape heads and capstan i.e. metal parts, only.If you are serious about the long term health of a deck use a proprietary rubb... 
Interesting Article
:) :) ...or not...the system has rationalised the link and given a full list!From the list shown scroll down to the "Consequences Album" which will hyper-link you to the correct page.(might even be quicker to google Wiki yourself!)If you read some... 
Interesting Article
Ghosthouse, you must have blinked. It's all explained here... ;^)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_(Godley_%26_Creme_album)Cheers, 
Interesting Article
Speaking of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore... ;^)If you can get hold of a rare curiosity of an album called "Consequences" (the full 3-LP set) you'll witness a work of genius. Peter Cook does all the voices in the drama with the exception of the re... 
Interesting Article
Apologies, it was a light-hearted suggestion. ;^)I had visions of Meridian reviving Philips original marketing strategy of getting the punters to focus on noise rather than the music.I think the analogue enthusiasts that are left are far too sophi... 
Interesting Article
As a matter of fact, 5 or 6 months ago, a close friend told me he had already been treated, purely by chance, to an early demo and was very impressed.He claimed he hadn't heard anything this good since analogue...I'm a tiny bit sceptical. With Mer... 
Interesting Article
Dear Dweller,I can probably save you the wait by way of example...At the invitation of a friend, a while back, I bought a "True_HD" BD copy of the Rolling Stones "Grrr" (60 track compilation of their greatest hits) and for fun I compared it with a... 
Interesting Article
BTW Dweller, you mentioned problems with new vinyl specifically and that people don't know how to make LPs anymore? I should warn you that certain LPs that have expressed/exuded a surfeit of MRA will sound exactly the way that you described. It ma... 
Interesting Article
Czarivey is right. The implication is that something is not right with your setup. True we do have filters but these only operate within reason. I often check the noise levels during silent passages on popular & classical discs listening for n... 
How important is a good rack?
LOL! (Did Symposium choose the name before ISIS chose theirs? ;^)There are even worse names in the audio industry though, Schiit for example?For their sake you always hoped it wasn't... :) 
How important is a good rack?
Racks are a clear case of "horses-for-courses". Some manufacturers e.g. Grand Prix Audio, will insist on knowing what the various loads on the rack will be so that they can customise it by tuning it.Praiseworthy though this approach may be it only...